Quotes About Legacy

I missed my father so much when he died that writing about his life and mine was a way of bringing him back to life and getting me to sort of understand more about him and what made him the father, the husband and the man that he was, and how that made me the man, husband and father that I am.

What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?

If rock & roll is dead and gone, man, I am missing out on it.

'The Missing Picture' is about my story and my parents. Before this film, I never said 'I' in a film, so it is very personal.

I thought after that fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, if this was supposed to be fight of the decade, then people must be missing me a lot more.

But I'll never write another Missing You' again as long as I live. I hope that I'll write a good song, but I don't think that I'll be able to write another song that will reach people that much.

You can satisfy your soul's mission by committing to leaving something behind on this planet that will make a difference to those who come after you.

Finn doesn't have as much respect for Han's legacy as everybody else does, and Han finds that a bit charming. They team up and go on a mission together. The banter is very choppy, and the dialogue is pretty funny. Chewie enjoys the banter and the friction between the two, but they definitely have each other's backs.

I would like to pass into history as the man of the economic miracle of Angola... That's my mission.

I esteem it the crowning mercy of my life that not only the chief ends I contemplated on becoming a missionary are attained, but I am allowed to see competent, faithful, and affectionate successors actively engaged in the work.

My grandmother and my father always said I would end up as a missionary. Well, I feel like I am one now.

I know there is trouble in boxing. People say it is no longer good. But I cannot take responsibility. I am not a missionary for boxing.

My maternal grandmother was a star on her high school basketball team in small-town Mississippi.

The Mississippi of 1920 was an exceptionally dangerous place for Black people. But my grandfather deeply believed in helping create opportunities to African-Americans to lift themselves up to create a better life for their families and doing everything possible to bring his people together.

Medgar Evers is a true Mississippi hero.

The Chiefs have played an important role not just in Kansas City and Missouri but throughout the history of football.

Missouri has a rich history and diverse heritage that deserves a proper celebration.

We did it. Make no mistake: We have written history. Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.

I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies.

So to answer your question, I'm not entirely sure how I ended up where I am today, in the sense that nobody in my family is an actor. It just happened by mistake.

I think getting married was a mistake along the way, but at the same time I wouldn't have the wonderful children I have if I didn't get married.

I left Gorbachev's office thinking that everything about him was outsized: his achievements, his mistakes, and, now, his vanity and bitterness.

I want to use the good name of my father George Bush to build a better relationship between the U.S. and China. There are so many misunderstandings and there is a lot to do.

Mitt Romney comes from a family of builders.